Congratulations to NSCC Chef Instructor Peter Dewar who returned home from the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg with two gold medals.

Chef Instructor Dewar was competing as part of Culinary Team Canada which is comprised of chefs from across the country and represents Canada in culinary competitions throughout the world. The team received a gold medal for the cold food competition and the hot competition. The top five teams in the Culinary World Cup were: Singapore, Sweden, United States, Switzerland and Canada. Culinary Team Canada will continue to participate in competitions around the world as they prepare for the Culinary Olympics in 2012. 

Well last Saturday was crazy this Saturday is nuts!!! We have about 1000 people coming from 2 lines to wait to get into the tastings. We have room for 200 people three times a day, thats all. The students are busy serving people, shucking oysters and cooking mussels. The team from Nova Scotia have served thousands of Nova Scotia themed tastings the most popular would be the smoked salmon ball stuffed with apples and cream cheese. We have still to do our lobster dish and I am sure it will be a hit as well.

Last night I took the students to China town to eat, and I think it was a shock for all of them. They let me order, so we had BBQ duck, pork and greens. I love these little Asian restaurants the food is fresh and fast and cheap. The students asked if we could go back again tonight. In order to get back down town we needed to walk into the 'bad' area of Vancouver so with me at the front and Cody at the back we did not have any problems but the student walked a bit faster for those 10 blocks.

I have a few quotes from my student that I would like to share with you:

Amanda: I'm loving Vancouver, the people are very friendly and helpful. It makes me feel like I'm still home back east. The weather has been just beautiful, like spring or fall my favorite times of the year.

Cody: Its great getting to work with all the students from the other province. Olympic fever has sure hit this city.

 Jessica: We're having a lot of fun in the city. The energy of the people in Vancouver is incredible. It's an indescribable feeling when Canada winns a gold medal, You hear the entire city cheering out on the streets.

Whitney: It's a lot of hard work and we're getting amazing results, Vancouver has been an great city so far and I think it will only get better. The energy and pride in the air is contagious, you can hear the crowds cheering on Canada through the whole city. I love it.

Its 6 am here in Vancouver and it is the first time in a few day that I have time to blog. Myself and the students just finished a wine and cheese tasting, breakfast for 150, and 3 tastings for 600 people. This was part of Nova Scotia day and a chance for the students to shine and they did. We had our new Nova Scotia chef uniforms on with the flag and everytime we walked in the crowds we heard people saying "Chefs from Nova Scotia"

I will post some pictures later on today-Peter

Hello everyone,

Well we are underway here at Atlantic Canada House. Everything is going well with thousands of people visiting us everyday. the students can not believe how much food we are using. We are prepping for Nova Scotia day that is only 2 days away and we are going to showcase the best Nova Scotia has to offer.

Well we are all set to go!!! The students are here the food is preped and from what we hear its going to be busy. The word around town is that Atlantic Canada House will be one of the must popular places to visit. Today we start off with solomon gundy, red pepper butter, and sour cream drape. Unlike the fire lighting we will make sure that all 4 tasting will go fine today!!!

Welcome to Atlantic Canada House!!! I arrived on Olympic soil 2 days ago and I am impressed with everything. The first thing is the weather, winter no...spring yes.... The transformation of the venue is in high gear with the building being plastered with pictures of home. Lots of people have be stopping by looking for free lobster too. The students come in the morning and I am sure will be nervous to get going.

See you soon-Peter